Example creating a VSTS build extension using c#

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I'd like to put together some VSTS build / release management extensions in C#, although I can find some generic examples using PowerShell it would be handy to have some examples in C#.

Could anyone point me at a C# VSTS extension example please?

starian chen-MSFT · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-31 05:36:50Z

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Regarding build task extension, you can specify the C# application, such as console application:

"execution": {
    //"PowerShell3": {
    //  "target": "Hello.ps1",
    //  "argumentFormat": ""
    //}
    "Process": {
      "target": "..\\ConsoleApplication1.exe",
      "argumentFormat": "$(ConnectedServiceName) $(currentDirectory) $(ApiPortalName)"
    }
  }

However the Task SDK are Typescript and PowerShell, so you can’t use the SDK in your application directly, also the newest schema has removed the extra schema info (check remove extra schema info #308), so NodeJS and PowerShell are the recommended way.

answered Jan 31, 2018 at 5:36

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raterus · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-30 15:27:00Z

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Look at the source of GitVersion. The authors have wrote a TFS/VSTS task associated with it. The core of the tool is pure C#.

Here's the code of their TFS Task https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion/tree/master/src/GitVersionTfsTask

Here is the task you'd use inside your builds https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=gittools.gitversion#overview

answered Jan 30, 2018 at 15:27

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Jonathan Over a year ago

It looked to me like it was TypeScript at the core of that tool. Can you point me towards the C# part? I can't seem to find it.

Josh Johanning Over a year ago

It looks like they use the .ts file as a runner to then launch the .net core application.

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